Adjustable  wagon-hound



N. P. HOLMQUIST.

ADJUSTABLE WAGON HOUND.

APPLICATION um) um. 25. l9l5.

1,171,201. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELS P. HOLMQUIST, F FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA.

ADJUSTABLE WAGON-HOUND.

Application filed January 25, 1915.

To all win/m. it may concern:

Be it known that I, New P. Homtouis'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fairmont, in the county of Martin, State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable\Vagon-I-Iounds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a lull,clear, and exact ('lcscription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in draft. devices for wagons andparticularly to hounds therefor.

The principal object 0-! the invention is to provide a hound which canhe adjusted to lit any size vehicle.

Another object is to provide a hound of simple and comparatively cheapstructure which is adjustable on the tongue of the vehicle and which isitself adjustable to various widths.

Other objects and advantages will he no parent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of m v improved hound attachedto the draft pole of a vehicle, Fig. :2 is a side elevation of the same,Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line --3 of Fig. 1. and Fig. 4 isa rear elevation.

Referring particularly to the acc mpany lug drawing. represents thedraft pole .of a vehicle. A pair of angle plates 11 are disposed onopposite sides of the pole, one portion oi each of the angle platesbeing formed with elongated slots 1:! to receive bolts 13 which arepassed through the pole transversely. One end of each of the angleplates .11 is directed outwardly awn from the pole. and one part isformed with a series of openings 14. while the other parthas anelongated slot 15. .-\n angle strip 16 has its front end extending atthe same angle as the end of the angle member 11 and one portion isformed with a pluadit of openingsv l? which register with theopeninfinl-l while the other portion has an elongated slot lbregistering with the slot 15. Bolts 19 are passed through the registeredSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Serial No. 4,280.

openings and slots whereh v the members 11 and 16 are capable of adustment with 1'espect to each other. The other end oi. the angle member'16 has a pair of inwardly reeled arms 20, the inner ends of whichslightly enlarged as at 21 andrngage sliectivcly above and below thepole 1U. il'ransversel v of the enlarged portions '21 are elongatedslots 22 while lines of openings '23 are formed imigihltlilml nl" saidp01 tions. Bolts 2! are passed through the enlargements and the pole sothat the hounds can be adjusted longitudinally on the pole and the rearportions of the hounds adjusted transversely to dill'creut widths.

It. will thus be seen that with a device of this character hounds can bemanufactured and sold very cheaply as all of the parts are of the samesize, the same being so connected that they are capable of adjustment to[it any sized wagon. It will also be noted that the hounds can he usedfor repair work, as for instance, where the ordinary hound brakes, oneof these can be attached in place of the broken one or to support thebroken part.

'hat is claimed is:

In a hound for vehicles, a pair of angle members mounted forlongitudinal adjustment. on a draft pole, a pair of angle membersadjustably connected to the first named members and extendingdivergellfly from the ends thereof, upper and lower inwardly direclcijlmembers carried 13:. the second named members. the upper members havingtheir inner ends arranged in overlapping relation on the upper surfaceof the draft; pole. said lower members having their inner ends similarlyarranged beneath said pole, said last named members lining adjustablelongitudinally and transversely of the pole, and means passable throughthe pole and common to the inner ends of said members to hold the innerends in their adjusted positions.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature, in the presence. of twowitnesses.

XELS 1. HOLMQUIST.

ii'itnesses G. F. Axmtnsox, Hanna I. Enwanns.

Copies qt this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

